Margie Ray “Cookie” Fancher

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Margie Ray "Cookie" Fancher, a native of Belzoni, Mississippi, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016 at her home in Fairhope, Alabama.

Cookie lived a full and bright life, full of family and laughter, and always seeming to find the good in everything throughout life.

After graduating from Belzoni High School, she attended Mississippi Delta Junior College where she was a cheerleader and Delteete Dancer.

She lived in Greenwood, Mississippi with her husband, Butch Fancher; and her three sons, Gil Fancher, Corey Fancher and Jonathan Fancher.

She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and also lived in Sardis, Mississippi, Kilmichael, Mississippi and Fairhope, Alabama.

Cookie loved the work she did and the people she worked with during her time at the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, Staplcotn, Leflore County Courthouse, Flintco and Thomas Hospital as a volunteer.

Cookie was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Dee "Butch" Fancher Jr.; parents, Marion "Peck" Ray and Orie Ray; and her sister, Doris Dalton.

Survivors include her brother, Richard Ray of Brandon, Mississippi; sister, Katherine Magee of Pittsboro, North Carolina; three sons, Gil Fancher and his wife Jennie of Vail, Colorado, Corey Fancher of New Orleans, Louisiana, Jonathan Fancher of Fairhope, Alabama; and two grandchildren, Burke Fancher and Mary Fancher of Vail, Colorado.

Visitation begins at 8:30 a.m. with funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 at Wilson & Knight Funeral Home. Rev. David Sartin will officiate, and eulogy will be given by Bobby Howell.

Interment will follow at Kilmichael Friendship Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Brett Dixon, Tyler Dixon, Harry Magee, Josh Magee, Glenn Hitt and Eric Winters.

Memorial may be made to the Kilmichael Friendship Cemetery, or to donor's choice. Arrangements are by Wilson & Knight Funeral Home, Greenwood, Mississippi. Sign the online guest register at www.wilsonandknight.com.